Source:
History of Lawrence and Monroe County, Indiana
their people, industries and institutions.
Publ. Indianapolis, Ind. - B. F. Bowen & Co.,
1914
CHAPTER XXIII
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP
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SETTLEMENT.
Some
of the early settlers of the township in 1816, the entries
being made at the land office at Vincennes, were:
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4.
Lewis Noel |
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2.
Jonathan Lindley
Roderick Rawlins
Asa Osborn
Joseph Evans |
1.
John Ketchum |
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11.
Archibald Wood
James Goodwin |
10.
James Parks |
9.
George Cutler
George Sharp |
8.
Jonathan Gilbert |
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18.
Jacob Cutler
William Bradford |
17.
Archibald Wood
Samuel Caldwell |
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15.
Ambrose Carlton |
14.
John Bigger
James Parks
Samuel Elliott |
13.
Samuel Caldwell |
24.
Christopher Eslinger
John Gordon |
23.
Ambrose Carlton
Asa Cotrin |
22.
John Simons |
21.
Joseph Harris |
20.
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30.
William Baker
John Fullen |
29.
David Johnson |
28.
Solomon Bower
Joseph Kennedy
William Thornton
Abel Bigelow |
27.
Jonathan Lindley
John Simons |
26.
John McCormick |
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36.
Fred Smoyers
David S. Chambers. |
35.
Benjamin Johnson
Samuel Rogers |
34.
Joseph Taylor
Thomas Hodges |
33.
Edward Archer
Abel Bigelow
William Oliver |
32.
Daniel Zincks
David Sears |
31.
John Perishaw |
In 1817 entries were made by Henry
Kirkham, Henry Wampler, Coleman Puett, William Latherlin,
Joseph Reeves, Samuel Hazlett, Eli Lee, John Armstrong,
T. R. Harley, Joseph Kennedy, Joel A. Dyer.
in 1841 there were one hundred and sixty-one poll
tax payers in the township, 18,804½
acres of land, which land was valued at $133.938,
carrying a total tax of $1,230.47. Several small
mills were operated during the early days, most of them
run by hand. A small quantity of whiskey was
manufactured in the township, but several persons, among
them being the Mayfields, of Richland, and the
Allisons, of Van Buren, opposed the consumption of
spirituous liquors. In 1818 William Rawlins
and Mary Sharp were united in the bonds of
matrimony, which was the first wedding in the township.
David P. Edmundson was the first child born in
that locality, and Lucinda Puett was the second.
ELLETTSVILLE.
BUSINESS INTERESTS OF
1913
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